Re: PolyORB

[Anh Vo <anhvofrcaus@gmail.com>]

On Jan 11, 6:09 pm, Shark8 <onewingedsh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jan 7, 10:24 am, Anh Vo <anhvofrc...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Jan 3, 11:24 pm, Shark8 <onewingedsh...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > I'm trying to get the GPL copy of PolyORB from adacore to build
> > > correctly [Win Vista, MinGW] and am currently stuck with the following
> > > error:
> > > "make: *** [polyorb_src.gpr] Error 4"
>
> > > The last few lines on prior to the error are:
> > > touch tools/po_catref/polyorb-giop_p-code_sets-description_data.ads-
> > > stamp
> > > gcc -c -o src/csupport.o -I/win/GNAT/polyorb-gpl-2010-src/src  -g -
> > > O2  /win/GNAT
> > > /polyorb-gpl-2010-src/src/csupport.c
> > > ADA_PROJECT_PATH="/win/GNAT/polyorb-gpl-2010-src/projects;/win/GNAT/
> > > polyorb-gpl-
> > > 2010-src/projects;$ADA_PROJECT_PATH" \
> > >           gnatmake -P polyorb_src.gpr --create-missing-dirs -g -O2 -
> > > XBuild=PRODU
> > > CTION -XWarnings_Mode=n -j4   -cargs  -bargs -E
> > > gnatmake: project file "polyorb_src.gpr" not found in .;C:\win\GNAT
> > > \polyorb-gpl-
> > > 2010-src\projects;C:\win\GNAT\polyorb-gpl-2010-src\projects;;C:\GNAT
> > > \2009\lib/gc
> > > c/i686-pc-mingw32/4.3.4/..\..\..\gnat
>
> > > This suggests a path error, I think. But this attempt at running make
> > > I set the path to only "C:\GNAT\2009\bin;C:\GNAT\2009\libexec\i686-pc-
> > > mingw32\4.3.4;c:\MinGW\msys\1.0\bin"
>
> > > Also suspicious is the ";;" in the search-path prior to the error.
>
> > You are using GNAT-GPL-2009 to build polyorb-gpl-2010. I would suggest
> > that you use GNAT-GPL-2010 instead. If the problem persists, then go
> > from there.
>
> > Anh Vo
>
> I uninstalled  GNAT 2009 and installed 2010, still the same thing.
> I also changed the directory-separators in the PATH variable to '/',
> which Windows can handle... no luck there.
> I did notice something re-reading the user's guide for making PolyORB,
> the sequence is "./configure" -> "make" -> "make install" and I had
> misread that to omit the first make (but either way it stops at the
> exact same place w/ the same error).
>
> :| -- I'm flat out of ideas right now.- Hide quoted text -
>

It built successfully under Linux. I do not believe PolyOrb was tested
with Windows / MinGW. However, if it works on MingWW, it would be a
treat. I will take a close look at it if I can find time.